Firefighters in France and Spain have rushed to contain the worst wildfires in living memory, seizing crucial hours before the arrival of another wave of searing temperatures.

A withdrawal of services by solicitors in dispute over payments made under the new legal aid system is continuing, despite positive engagement between the Law Society and Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan.

Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.

Ecologist and author Pádraic Fogarty said Ireland's laws around starting fires are stuck where they were "30 years ago".

Johnson & Johnson said it would pay $5.5 billion to resolve tens of ⁠thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark settlement aimed at closing a chapter of contentious litigation that has...